Jan El Señor
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Post by Jan El Señor on Sept 7, 2019 15:14:11 GMT
So I've totally been in TZ mood, but I've watched the original epsiodes soooo many times. Well, MeTV had the 80s revival on at midnight and I started recording them. I have to say, I'm pleasantly surprised how much I like this revival. It has a good mix of social commentary, sci-fi, horror, and just straight up bizarre episodes.
This iteration is similar to the 80s movie in the sense that the narrator is never seen (but in this case, is doing a Rod Serling impression), and the hour long episodes consist of multiple stories. It works pretty well. In the last season, the show went into the traditional half hour/single story format.
The final season has some great episodes as well. I think that's because I'm partial to the writing of J. Michael Straczynski, who wrote a good number of those episodes.
Unfortunately, MeTV has taken it out of the rotation in favor of going back to the original series. But many episodes are up on Youtube, so I'm watching what I can and am considering shelling out some money for a boxed set.
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Post by amyghost on Sept 8, 2019 12:51:06 GMT
So I've totally been in TZ mood, but I've watched the original epsiodes soooo many times. Well, MeTV had the 80s revival on at midnight and I started recording them. I have to say, I'm pleasantly surprised how much I like this revival. It has a good mix of social commentary, sci-fi, horror, and just straight up bizarre episodes. This iteration is similar to the 80s movie in the sense that the narrator is never seen (but in this case, is doing a Rod Serling impression), and the hour long episodes consist of multiple stories. It works pretty well. In the last season, the show went into the traditional half hour/single story format. The final season has some great episodes as well. I think that's because I'm partial to the writing of J. Michael Straczynski, who wrote a good number of those episodes. Unfortunately, MeTV has taken it out of the rotation in favor of going back to the original series. But many episodes are up on Youtube, so I'm watching what I can and am considering shelling out some money for a boxed set. This series managed a few decent episodes, I agree. One of the creepiest, IMO, was 'Nightcrawlers', the story of a war vet's PTSD hallucinations becoming all together too real.
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Jan El Señor
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Post by Jan El Señor on Sept 8, 2019 15:48:07 GMT
This series managed a few decent episodes, I agree. One of the creepiest, IMO, was 'Nightcrawlers', the story of a war vet's PTSD hallucinations becoming all together too real. That was a good one. Classic TZ with just the right amount of social commentary. I'd say my favorite episode I've watched so far is Paladin of the Lost Hour.
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Post by amyghost on Sept 8, 2019 19:41:45 GMT
This series managed a few decent episodes, I agree. One of the creepiest, IMO, was 'Nightcrawlers', the story of a war vet's PTSD hallucinations becoming all together too real. That was a good one. Classic TZ with just the right amount of social commentary. I'd say my favorite episode I've watched so far is Paladin of the Lost Hour. I remember that one. Really good episode, probably one of the best tv adaptations of a Harlan Ellison story. I never cared much for Danny Kaye as a comic actor, but he did well in drama, and was really good in this.. I'm not getting MeTV in my area these days, so I might go over to Youtube and watch this one again.
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Jan El Señor
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Post by Jan El Señor on Sept 8, 2019 19:54:38 GMT
I remember that one. Really good episode, probably one of the best tv adaptations of a Harlan Ellison story. I never cared much for Danny Kaye as a comic actor, but he did well in drama, and was really good in this.. I'm not getting MeTV in my area these days, so I might go over to Youtube and watch this one again. The espisodes that are on Youtube are better, as they're the full segments from the hour long versions of the show. Unfortunately, many have been taken down. MeTV aired the edited down versions to fit in a 1/2 hour timeslot. That said, it doesn't matter anyway, as MeTV is no longer airing the 80s revival....
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Post by Rissa on Sept 8, 2019 23:48:59 GMT
Welcome back, Jan!
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Jan El Señor
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Post by Jan El Señor on Sept 9, 2019 13:18:51 GMT
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